HISTORICSITES SITES&&HOMES HOMES HISTORIC ALEXANDER DICKSON HOUSE
visithillsboroughnc.com 150 E. King St, Hillsborough | 919.732.7741 Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm; Sun, 12pm–4pm; Closed major holidays. Late 18th century Quaker plan house. The site also includes an office used by Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in April 1865 and an 18th and 19th century medicinal and herbal garden. Houses Hillsborough Visitors Center. FREE.
AYR MOUNT
classicalamericanhomes.org/sites/ayr-mount/ 376 St Mary’s Rd, Hillsborough One of North Carolina’s finest Federal-era plantation homes (c. 1815), built by William Kirkland of Ayr, Scotland. Carefully restored and exquisitely furnished with period antiques, Chinese export porcelain, Waterford crystal and original family pieces.
610 E. Rosemary St, Chapel Hill 919.942.7818
Visit website for days and times open. Only historic house in town open to the public. The house, built in 1854 retains its original architecture including woodwork, floors, ceilings, and mantles. Art exhibits, music concerts, special events. FREE.
OCCANEECHI REPLICA VILLAGE
visithillsboroughnc.com/things-to-do/ occaneechi-indian-village/ Below the corner of Margaret Lane and Cameron St, downtown Hillsborough Home to a reconstructed 17th century Occaneechi village on the banks of Eno River, near where the tribe had an actual village 300 years ago. See a palisade, four ati (huts), work arbor, fire pit, lean-to and cooking table. Learn more about the Occaneechi Band of Saponi Nation at: obsn.org.
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TOURS: April - November. Thur & Fri, 1pm & 2:30pm, Sat, 11am, 1pm, 2:30pm. Advance ticket purchase required. $15 per person. Children 6 under, free. Grounds and trails open to public daily, 9am–7pm. TICKETS: tickets.classicalamericanhomes. org/ayr-mount
HORACE WILLIAMS HOUSE preservationchapelhill.org
BURWELL SCHOOL HISTORIC SITE burwellschool.org 319 N. Churton St, Hillsborough 919.732.7451
Learn about the antebellum girls’ academy which operated here from 1837-1857 by Anna and the Rev. Robert Burwell. Be inspired by life of Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly, the former Burwell family slave who secured her own liberty in 1855 and became a confidant and dressmaker to First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. Guided and Self-Guided Tours available. FREE.
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Wed-Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 1pm-4pm
